# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willard-ikola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:41:45.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willard-ikola"
name: "Willard Ikola"
slug: "willard-ikola"
description: "Willard John Ikola was a Finnish American ice hockey player and high school boys' hockey coach. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, a powerhouse in hockey he began playing hockey as a young boy, eventually going on to play in the 1956 Winter Olympics and coaching high school for over 30 years."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willard_Ikola.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1932-07-28"
deathDate: "2025-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.27311066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ويلارد ايكولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ویلارد ایکلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Айкола, Уиллард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Ikola"
    title: "Willard Ikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2576633"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump